Monday, October 22, 2012
The Best "Live" Concerts versus The Best "Live" Albums...Who Wins?
We've talked about it a billion times while never locating a true answer.
Who are the Top Ten current and past music acts that have or "have had" the strength to sell out a major world renowned arena under ten minutes?
Before I leap into a "Live" Performance I'll start with asking...if you could go back in time which "Recorded" performance would fork out over $1000 a seat to see?
KISS Alive I or II or III in Australia
Frampton Comes Alive
John Denver where he recorded Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Metallica in San Francisco
Grateful Dead Live/Dead
Iron Maiden Live After Death
Rush Exit Stage Left
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison
Now...lets perk up the bumpy bits with "Live" hits
No particular order:
Michael Jackson
The Beatles
Taylor Swift
Jay Z with Beyonce
Lady GaGa
lil Wayne
Madonna
U2
Garth Brooks
Justin Bieber
Of those ten who gets cut by the unstoppable guitar licks and lyrics of The Rolling Stones?
Mick and Keith just sold out their November 25th and 29th shows at London's O2 Arena in just seven minutes. Fans apparently snapped up the arena's least expensive seats, priced around $152, in just three minutes, while the priciest seats at around $601 were gone a few minutes later.
The high traffic caused Ticketmaster to crash before the tickets had sold out. A holding page read, "We're experiencing high demand. You will be automatically directed to the page requested as soon as it becomes available. Thank you for your patience." Resale websites are already listing tickets for as much as $20,050.
Presale for the December 13th and 15th shows at Newark's Prudential Center will start tomorrow at noon EST, with a general on-sale following on October 26th.
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